parents moved to germany decades ago from kosovo. an uncle told the soeshlgted press he's a devout muslim. security had been beefed up at the airport after an informant said a group linked to al qaeda was planning to gun down civilians in a public place. the fbi is still looking into this shooter's background or to see if there was a larger plot, but thus far they have no indications of that. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. thousands of libyans have rallied to show support for their leader, moammar gadhafi. they gathered last night in the heart of tripoli waving flags and carrying pictures of gadhafi. meanwhile, pro-gadhafi militiamen launched raids to snatch people who participated in antigovernment protests in the past week. >> with the country in chaos it's been difficult for libyans to get the straight story on what's really happening there but rebels are finding new ways to communicate.

lama hasan reports from benghazi. >> reporter: the libyans have found their voice from the streets to the airwaves. here in this very small room where this basic equipment, it is turned into a makeshift news channel. people come here, they record their statements, they give out information, because they don't have transition capabilities, they prerecord the information and then they send it out. an emotional father tells the story of his son who had been missing for three days. he said they found out he had died fighting to free libya. with a free libya comes freedom of speech. that's what we found when we visited one of benghazi's new radio station, radio free libya. operating out of a small room, broadcasting to the citizens of benghazi. >> free, we can say anything. we don't have to say no, don't say like that, you know. you see, before you can't talk

freely. they have to write what you wanted to say. >> reporter: that sense of liberation is everywhere in the city. and that flag dating back to the days of the monarchy, before gadhafi took over in a coup, has been hoisted, flying high on top of buildings, on faces, on people's backs. after four decades of a nation in silence, now loud and united in their belief. lama hasan, abc news, benghazi, eastern libya. thousands of civilians displaced by the chaos in libya are getting high-profile attention. during a visit to afghanistan, actress angelina jolie called for those refugees to be protected as they try to leave libya for egypt or tunisia. jolie is a united nations refugee goodwill ambassador. the u.n. setting aside $5 million to help the refugees. here at home the libyan crisis can be seen in the price of oil, trading around102 a barrel this morning, the highest

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tennis superstar serena is recovering after having emergency surgery. she had a blood clot in her lungs. >> it's something that could have killed the 13-time granted slam champion or could have happened to anyone. >> reporter: doctors say tennis star serena williams had a very close call. >> kills by effectively shutting off the flow of blood from the right heart to the lungs. >> a pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs. it usually starts somewhere in the leg and travels through the heart. >> reporter: the head of card oe thoracic surgery at glendale memorial hospital says it can happen to anyone. it's the same condition that killed news correspondent david bloom. >> dvts as they're called are

actually very common and they're surprisingly silent in that there's very little in the way of symptoms or signs. some people have swelling in the legs, pain or warmth of the leg. >> reporter: leg vein clots are quite common in someone who's had surgery or spend a great deal of time traveling. reports say williams had surgery to treat a foot injury. the doctor says once someone is diagnosed with a dvt they're treated with blood thinners. if that doesn't work, doctors have to put in a filter to prevent the clot from traveling to the heart. >> it's inserted into the femorav vein and inserted into the convenient that cave va. >> reporter: open heart surgery is required to remove the clot in very rare cases. >> if this vessel had embolus, you would see the contrast. >> reporter: a spokesperson says she's recovering at home and monitored closely. in a statement she says she hopes to be back on the court by early summer.

doctors say people can recover from a pulmonary embolism quite well. >> serena's been sort of struggling with another injury after winning wimbledon last year. she has a cut on her right foot. she stepped on broken glass. that's really what's been sidelining her all this time. she knew this was going on. it's a good thing they caught it. >> so often we talk -- we heard about david bloom, the former correspondent for nbc. it happened like that. there was no time to catch it. thank goodness they were able to diagnose it. it seems like they're treating it and we wish her a speedy recovery. >> she's back from the hospital and recovering well. coming up, our experiment involving a texas family, you might have seen this already, all of their household belongings, where was it made, china, thailand. >> everything foreign-made was cleared out to make way for only products made here in the usa. the lessons they're learning next.

easy wake-up music. >> easing you on in. >> easing through the middle of the night. >> now part three of the abc series "made in america." it's a challenge, of course. first david muir stripped one family's home not made of everything in america. >> which was basically everything in the house. sharyn alfonsi shows us how hard it was to find new stuff for the house made in america. this morning what their brand new made in america home looks like. >> reporter: by now you know this family who might be asking themselves, why did we do this? >> hello. >> reporter: allowing with the world news" to check everything in their home.

made in india. thailand. >> bangladesh. >> reporter: where is your couch made from? china. take out anything that wasn't made in america. they came home to an empty house. >> all of our appliances are gone. and microwave, no oven, no stove, no refrigerator. john, what you making for didn'ter? >> pb&j, american classic. >> reporter: living with the consequences at bedtime. even the dog. then came the real challenge, replacing everything we took out with products made right here in america. >> hi. i'm trying to find out -- >> reporter: remember how long it took them to find that american coffee maker? that's what i wanted to know. >> they seem stumped. >> one hour. we kept going. we're learning tricks and lessons along the way. eventually linking up with more than 100 companies across the country. and then the moment that made us even sweat, the trucks, all six of them, coming down snow white

drive. would it be enough to fill this home? replacing all those foreign flags this week with new ones. mississippi to georgia, utah to new york. >> reporter: got it alfonsi? >> yep. >> there's a reason they had movers helping us. >> reporter: watch your step. once we finally got it in, the real work, unrolling the carpet, placing the couch, unloading that microwave. and then finally the living room. before and after. the bedroom before and now. the old kitchen and the new one. and the usseries were at the front door. >> reporter: welcome home. >> whoa. >> our american-made room. >> look at that. >> oh, wow. wow. this looks great. all american made. >> all american made.

>> reporter: 4 hours you thought this was impossible. >> we did. >> reporter: when you saw how empty the house was. >> we were skeptd cal we'd be able to pull it off -- or you guys. >> reporter: we were skeptical, too, but we found it. in fact, too many american companies to count. just the living room, harden, upstate new york. lee industries, north carolina. mohawk rugs, george. the drapes, new jersey. and the mirror, missouri. >> do you feel like you sacrificed anything, like style or price or -- >> no! >> this looks fabulous. if anything, i think we've upgraded. >> reporter: an american upgrade. >> that's right. made in america. >> reporter: but it doesn't come cheap, at least not everything. the lamp, $250 but the drapes just $40, jcpenney. the coffee table, $1500. we'll have more on the prices tomorrow. next the kitchen. >> are we ready? come check out your kitchen. what do you think? >> my goodness. >> wow. >> there's no excuse not to cook now, right? >> this right here is -- this is viking, which is from

mississippi. >> from the refrigerator to the stove, stainless steel everywhere. and some old dishes, like grandma had. >> reporter: we felt badly about the sleeping bags in your bedroom last night, so we should check that out. >> check out your bedroom. >> check it out. >> yes! >> it looks so different. and this is american made. >> reporter: not only is it american made, look back at the bedroom before. the new american one, believe it or not, cheaper. >> will you ever walk into a store the same again? >> no, no. y'all changed that for us in a good way. ♪ >> there were some gaping holes on our list as well. we'll take a look at the receipts. >> also later tonight we'll show you the people behind the products. we traveled to the factories, smiling faces. i'm david muir. >> i'm sharyn alfonsi. >> we wanted to do a quiz here on "world news now." do you know what's made in america?

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giggle. >> it didn't really mean anything. it's a different meaning, so they changed it. >> they say they needed a new translation because this is not really in vogue. they're getting rid of the word booty. so, this new edition comes out. it's been 17 years since they updated this and booty is one of the words getting the boot. >> booty is getting the boot. interesting stuff. speaking of booties, this next story might make men want to attend therapy a little bit more often. sara white is a 24-year-old psychology buff and decided that the best way to increase that business is to do her therapy sessions, perform them naked. >> if you've been trying to get your husband into group therapy, here's your chance. >> $150 is the initial session price. she says that this goes out to all those dozens of people, men suffering here in new york.

>> does she only counsel men? does she -- >> i'm sure that's the main clientele. >> i'm just saying. >> are you interested this is do you want -- actually, it just so happens, i wanted to do research for the story and -- >> i'm sort of curious. we'll see what happens. i'm sure she's got a full clientele. >> yes, she does, no doubt, i'm sure. >> you know times are tough. a lot of folks are losing their jobs. everybody is cutting back budgets, especially cities and towns. the town of camden outside of philadelphia, they fired 19% of their police staff. guess what happened? violent crime shot through the roof 19%, violent crimes went up. they're saying these statistics really show how important these police officers are. the brave men and women in uniform. they're saying maybe they shouldn't be cutting the budget in these particular areas. >> that is a tough result to a tough situation there, and a lot of other communities facing that. we wanted to update you on a hot story. byu lost one of their stars, brandon davies off the team.

it wasn't for criminal behavior. it was for breaking the school's honor code. he admitted to having consensual relations but against that's against the rule, premarital sex. he's off the team.

this morning on "world news now" -- americans attacked. the deadly point-blank shoot agent a german airport. >> four members of the u.s. air force were gunned down in what the president calls an outrageous act. it's thursday, march 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody, i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. well, it was the first attack on the u.s. military in germany in nearly a quarter of a sent tri.

we'll get the latest on the victims and also what family members and police are saying about the suspected gunman. also ahead, a man who fought for religious freedom in pakistan was targeted and killed. he left behind a remarkable videotaped message predicting his fate. later, it just doesn't end, charlie sheen's latest videotape antics and also his father's desperate attempts to help. it's getting rather serious. his kids are involved now, and we're talking about developments with custody. >> it's got to be tough on his family, especially his dad who knows this business all too well. first, the deadly attack on americans in germany. a 21-year-old man is now in custody with connection with the deadly shooting. >> family members described the suspect as a devout muslim but it's unclear what led him to open fire on the u.s. airmen. john hendren is in washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning. it happened at the airport in frankfurt, germany, a country where u.s. service members move about in what they thought was rel ty safety.

now president obama is vowing to get justice. a gunman shouting in arabic open fire. the bus was parked just outside the international terminal. on board at least a dozen u.s. air force security personnel who had arrived from england on their way to ramstein air force base. >> i'm saddened and outraged by this attack that took the lives of two americans and wounded two others. >> reporter: according to law enforcement officials the gunman walked up to the bus and began arguing with some airmen, pulled out a weapon and started firing. again and again. shouting allahu akbar, arabic for god is great. among the dead, the driver. the death toll might have been heavier. after nine rounds the gun jammed. they grabbed him after he was yelling jihad. a german police officer took the man into custody. >> i want everyone to know we will spare to effort. >> reporter: law enforcement oe

firnls say the shooter was a 21-year-old a legal german resident. the gunman's father says the only thing i knows about his son's recent activities is that he failed show up for work. mike and peggy? in libya there's been a widespread show of support for embattled leader moammar gadhafi. thousands gathered last night at the green square in the heart of tripoli to wave the country's flag. earlier gadhafi promised a fight until the last man and woman is standing. he also lashed out at europe and the u.s. for pressuring him to step down. and now to a story and also supreme court decision that's generating a lot of outrage. that decision ultimately is about freedom of speech. >> the justices yesterday upheld that freedom. t.j. winick has the detaldz. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the westboro baptist church is known for hate-fueled demonstrations. while the supreme court of the might not approve of them, they also ruled they cannot prohibit the behavior.

they and their signs offend and outrage most of the country. >> god hates america and all of her military. >> reporter: but the supreme court ruled those outrageous protests by the westboro baptist church outside military funerals are protected by free speech. >> this case put a mega phone to the mouth of this little church. shutting up us up wasn't going to change that. >> reporter: the topeka, kansas, claims homosexual is responsible for the death of american soldiers. mathieu schneider father's sued the church for emotional distress. he won but the appeal went all the way to the supreme court. the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of the church. chief justice john roberts writing, simply put, the church members had the right to be where they were. still roberts also wrote, west wore bow's funeral picketing is certainly hurtful. >> we can no longer bury our

dead in this country without digni dignity. what is this country coming in. >> reporter: margie phelps is the leader of the country and daughter of fred phelps. after the decision she was hardly conciliatory. >> when you're standing there with your young child body bit and pieces in a coffin, you've been dealt some ee notional distress by the lord your god. >> reporter: the one dissenting voice, judge samuel alito wrote the church's outrageous conduct caused albert schneider great injury and that the court's decision only compounded that injury. peggy and mike? the army private accused of providing sincetive material to wikileaks is facing the possibility of life in prison. bradley manning was slapped with 22 new charges yesterday, including aiding the enemy. manning could have faced the death penalty but prosecutors say they won't recommend that. he's suspected of providing wikileaks with a quarter million

state department tables, information about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the assassination of the only christian serving in pakistan's government. he was well aware of the problems. mike schifrin reports from islamabad. >> reporter: it is a message from the grave. >> i'm ready to die for a cause. >> reporter: he defended pakistan's most oppressed. he fought for religious freedom and he fought for christians. >> i believe in jesus christ, who has given his own life for us. i know what is the meaning of cross. >> reporter: he was pakistan's only senior christian government official, but he was threatened for his message of tolerance. so he recorded this message in case he was assassinated. >> these warnings cannot change my opinion and principles.

i will prefer to die following my principle. >> reporter: he met the fate that he anticipated. minister left this house, one of his relative's houses and he and his driver left this house, they were shot while in the car. the killers left dozens of these pamphlets on the ground after they killed him. it's a warning that says to all jews, christian and muslim allies in pakistan and across the region, they will get the same fate as the minister. he braved the risks but he's been silenced. it's hard to imagine anyone daring to speak out now. nick schifrin, abc news, islamabad. fashion designer john galliano faces a trial in france over those racial insults caught on tape. he has apologized for his behavior and said that he is seeking help for his personal failures. despite that apology, galliano's lawyers suggest the video was taken out of context.

they bham his behavior on a mixture of alcohol and medication. a mother in florida is held behind bars accused of being a school bus bully. surveillance video shows irate mother confronting a boy. she slaps the boy in the face before finally leaving the bus. daniels was already on probation for driving without a license so she's now held without bond. hundreds of animal lovers are offering to adopt a little dog who referred to die. this story incredible. this is a 3-month-old pup that was supposed to be euthanized. his body was faced in a dumpster but he was found alive and well. named wall-e, named after the disney character. he was attempted to be euthanized twice. they realized he was still alive so they went to euthanize him again and he made it through that. so, this little dog does not want to die. >> no. so much for cats having nine

lives. this little guy -- >> thank goodness. look how cute he is. he'll make a great pet. a lot of people looking to adopt that little guy. check out your weather for today. the nation's stormiest area appears to be the pacific northwest. expect rain and snow from seattle to portland with an avalanche warning in effect for most of the cascades. sunny and dry in most other spots. >> it's always raining in the pacific northwest. have you noticed that? chilly in the northeast with temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees below average. also spring and summer-like in the south. expect readings there to be in the mid to high 70s. there's an odd sight in front of pittsburgh's art institute. students and faculty unloading an 18-wheeler filled with 1 million pop tarts. >> breakfast of champion. tyler won a contest from creating pop art from pop tarts. he'll use the pastries and packages for sculptures. he is evening making a pop tart dress.

>> no. >> yes. >> he says he can't use all those pop tarts so the leftovers will be donated to charity. nobody's going -- >> i like the wild berry or the cinnamon pop tart, very tasty. >> i like the strawberry. do you actually toast the pop tart? >> i do toast the pop tart. i like them better heated. some prefer them cold. >> my dad used to eat cold pop tarts all the time. the company that makes pop tarts are saying thank you, thank you, thank you. >> i bet they are for all this press. we'll be back with more pop tarts after this.

so every day it seems like we get something new from charlie sheen. >> who's sick of it? raise your hand. already. >> it was somewhat entertaining yesterday but also alarming and it's getting more alarming, especially when we see video of police removing his twin boys under court order. >> you can't forget there's kids involved. watching his rants and following his tweets, many are wondering is anybody actually helping hip? his father, martin sheen, has tried but as andrea canning reports, his help is not wanted. >> reporter: it's the disturbing

video captured by radaronline. >> showing you. >> reporter: charlie sheen's twin boys being removed from his l.a. home at the demand of his ex-wife. >> i was told it was being delivered. i thought, i can deal with that. it was revealed it was something much more serious. >> reporter: the relationship with his own father has also been complicated. this touching moment in "wall street" all too real. >> i guess i never told you, but i love you, dad. >> reporter: but today there are few tender moments. martin sheen recently compared charlie's addiction to cancer. >> he has no right to do that. that's judgment. i have no interest in that. i don't care if he's my dad or someone down the street or someone that fell out of the sky. back off with your judgment. >> reporter: is he trying to help you? >> it's judgment and executed. >> reporter: martin sheen, an alcoholic himself, has tried for years to help his son get clean. >> my son was admitted here yesterday as a result of a drug

overdose. >> at a critical point, i had to decide who would speak at the funeral, who should carry the casket. we were on the outside trying to crack this horrible, horrible state of addiction. >> reporter: we phoned experts across the country. many said family is often the last best hope for the addict. >> we do know that the process of intervention does help people get and stay sober. >> reporter: as for martin sheen, has has long hoped a father's love will get through. >> you have to be prepared to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth at that time and say, i did everything that i possibly could. >> reporter: and that restraining order means charlie sheen now has to stay at least 100 yards away from his twins. his ex-wife brooke mueller believes he's mentally unstable. andrea canning, abc news, new york. >> a lot of people are seeing these interviews and things, man, this guy still has to be on drugs the way he's acting. >> he seems like it. >> that's what you think. apparently there's proof he's

not. radaronline capturing the actual drug test that revealed he's not on any drugs. a clean drug test. >> but a lot of people watching that video, especially with the little boys, you're thinking, okay, how are they filming his little boys being put into the car seats and taken away? that's disturbing all on its own. >> well, i mean, you know, people are parked on his lawn. i mean, that's -- the press is there. >> he's accommodating them, clearly, which raises a couple of eyebrows. >> more to come. coming up, where parents can turn for help when kids come home with challenging homework. >> homework class for barnts and why you might need a refresher course. that's next.

welcome back. my little babies at home are only 4 months old so homework not yet an issue. but when it is, i'm hoping i'm ready for all those questions about chemistry and algebra and -- >> right around the corner, peggy. got to brush up, i suppose.

many parents are not ready. in fact, they're so worried about being able to help their kids they're actually going back to school themselves. >> reporter: homework used to con juror up memories of a simpler time. it's not your imagination. today's homework takes longer, more complex and can drive parents crazy. enter parent university, boot camp for homework help. boston public school xs a dozen other districts across the country help parents who either never learned or need to relearn. >> my fourth grader is in boston public schools and i need to help her learn how to do her fractions. >> reporter: it's a cram session for moms and dadses who can't remember the difference between kaing that russ and hypotnus. >> we're breaking it down and helping them understand it. helping them walk through it. >> reporter: as a mom to three boys, fourth grade and younger, how well equipped am i to help them stay ahead of the class.

for answers i ventured into liri, little red in new york city, to go head to head with a fierce group of 11-year-olds. we faced sixth grade level questions. i tried psyching out the competition, but before i knew it -- don't be nervous -- show time. >> what is the formula for find torque? >> reporter: i don't even know what torque is. >> weight of counterweight times distance to fulcrum. >> torque equals weight times distance. >> reporter: ask my new friend guthrie. i have no idea. i torque was a new sports car. >> what is heat convection? >> heat transferring through the air. >> reporter: an "x". >> i don't really know. >> reporter: i'm feeling pretty good about myself now. >> when you have direct contact with the heat source. >> reporter: heat that swirled around to even out the temperature. what we call a wild guess.

>> how far is it on the number line from 93 to 10,000? >> i don't even know what a number line is. >> 9,907. >> 9,907. >> 9,907. >> reporter: 9,907. thank goodness. i scored 4 out of 7, not bad for someone more years out of sixth grade than i care to admit but dead last among the competition. how about you, how often do you go to your parents for help? >> i go to my parents a lot. and they hate it. >> reporter: why do they hate it? i'm with them, by the way. >> just because they can't figure it out. and it gets really frustrating for them. >> reporter: our garl haley's dad feels my pain. >> homework, i believe, is way harder now than when i was a kid. >> reporter: for all you parents out there who forgot how to

solve for "x" it may be time to go back to school yourselves. >> i'm definitely going to be one of those parents. remember all those problems, like the train's leaving this point at this time -- >> no, i don't remember them, that's the problem. i mean, i know they're out there. the other thing is, we were talking about, when's the last time you had to use pi or torque or -- >> a good point. you do want your kids to learn it.

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>> of course not. they're spending billions to look for the next must have gadget. we go inside microsoft's research labs in seattle. >> grace, set the table to jesse's last birthday party. >> reporter: a dining table that can instantly be set for a child's party. >> you can steer the planes -- >> reporter: a system that allows a virtual hand shake someone the other side of the world or software that allows an ordinary camera to take 3d pictures. many of these ideas from microsoft's research labs will never take off, but here's one that has. the xbox kinnect system turns a player's body into a control system and turns anyone into an avatar. it does whatever i do and i can talk to another avatar, which can be a real person thousands of miles away or right across the room. so, why am i seeing your avatar?

wouldn't it be better if i was seeing the real you? >> well, my "avatar" looks a bit like the real me at the moment. say, if i were at home in my pajamas, my avatar would still be dressed appropriately for this interview. >> reporter: microsoft has been good at coming up with ideas. not all so grit at turning them into products. bill gates was talking about tablet computers a decade ago but it took apple with the ipad to make them take off. windows smartphones have been around for ages but now google with its android phones is taking over the market. >> they're really good at the hard science and really good at physical devices like xbox kinnect. they're totally missing the pleasing and delightful technology, the user interface people want to use. apple have that. microsoft don't. >> reporter: and there are more uses for the kinnect camera. suddenly i'm getting a 3d experience through this virtual window. but what microsoft needs to do now is prove blue sky thinking

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this morning on "world news now" -- nfl deadline. the labor dispute between pro football players and team owners. >> if there's no deal, next season's games could be called off in a matter of hours. it's thursday, march 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." and good morning, i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. the nfl contract runs out at midnight tonight. we'll explain the standoff between the players and the owners. also the financial pinch on so

many people if next season is canceled. you are way into this. i know you can explain this down to the last detail. >> apparently they can't explain it to each other because there's a threat now with just hours to go and possibly a lockout looming. not good for football fans, no doubt about that. also ahead, we've got this legal dispute over these hateful protests at military funerals. the supreme court has now weighed in with a decision and why it's causing so much outrage. >> you can understand having covered a couple of those. it is upsetting. coming up later, apple's steve jobs makes a surprise appearance. see why he's so proud of the new ipad 2. >> that's right. get all the data on the new device and some surprise there. it's going to be a lot sooner that people will get their hands on it. >> good. >> should be good stuff. first up, nfl and its labor standoff. at worst it could result in a lost season. >> the league's owners also players union have been talking in private for days now. karen travers is following this story for us in washington. good morning, karen.

>> reporter: good morning. neither side is talking publicly about what's happening behind closed doors in those negotiations, but it looks like no compromise is going to be reached. it's been a long battle between the nfl and the players union. nearly two years to get to this point. will there be a hail mary pass before time runs out? at midnight tonight the current nfl labor contract expires. what happens next is it looks likely the team owners will move to look out the players. that means no spring practice, no free agency deals and potentially no 2011 season this fall. both sides have been meeting here in washington for over a week, trying to avert the nfl's first work stoppage since 1987. >> if we don't get it done, we know that we'll have let them down. >> reporter: at the heart of the standoff, two key issues. first, money. the nfl's annual revenue is about $9 billion. that's right, billion dollars. the owners set aside $1 billion for their own expenses and then the players receive about 60% of the rest.

the team owners say that is unsustainable given the economic downturn. they want to take an additional billion for themselves. the players are, of course, protesting that. the second issue is the schedule. the league wants to add two more regular season games for a total of 18. the players say that increases their risk of injury and they deserve compensation. at face value this looks like a fight between billionaire owners on the one side and millionaire athletes on the other. so, the nfl players are highlighting what a work stoppage would mean for the economy in the 32 nfl cities. >> this is going to hurt, you know, your parking lot attendants, your restaurants, your hotels, everybody in your city, you know, hurts when this happens. >> reporter: the players still have one final option -- dissolve the union. that would prevent the owners from locking them out but it opens up a giant legal can of worms and doesn't ensure football would be played in the fall. >> very interesting. newt gingrich is expected to talk to reporters about his white house plans today in

atlanta. his spokesperson says the former white house speaker is entering the exploratory phase of a presidential run. that means he can hire staff and also start polling to gauge interest. actor mickey rooney took the stage on capitol hill to describe the painful drama playing out in his own life. rooney spoke at a hearing about the widespread problem of elder abuse. claire shipman has more. >> reporter: he plays to the crowd wherever he goes. a dashing hollywood icon for the better part of a century. ♪ it's a lovely morning ♪ good morning >> reporter: but this time the 90-year-old traveled 3,000 miles to play to a decidedly different crowd. and deliver a sober message. >> the elder abuse happened to me, to me. mickey rooney. when that happens, you feel scared. even when i tried to speak up, i was told to shut up and be quiet. you don't know what you're talking about.

>> reporter: rooney's allegations against his stepson and stepdaughter are stunning. that over a period of years as they helped to take care of rooney and their mother, they embezzled more than $400,000, put a lock on rooney's refrigerator, left him only enough money for one pair of shoes and made off with his emmy and oscar. >> i'm asking you to stop this of elderly abuse. i mean to stop it! now! >> reporter: according to new data released by the senate and expert testimony, elder abuse is an immense and often hidden problem. a 2010 study found 47% of elderly living at home suffering from dementia were either abused or neglected. by some estimates one in ten elderly americans not suffering from dementia face some sort of abuse every year. >> tragically they are our most often abused by the very people closest to them. their spouses or their children. >> reporter: experts say that's often the reason these cases,

especially of financial abuse, go unreported. rooney's warning -- >> speak up and say, i'm being abused. this happened to me. >> reporter: mickey rooney says he hopes to continue to keep a spotlight on this issue and he'll have plenty to work with. another critical bit of data. it's estimated that elderly americans lose up to $2.5 billion each year due to financial abuse. claire shipman, abc news, washington. there's been a legal setback in the case of the cia contractor being held in pakistan. ayla hoer court just ruled ray davis is not protected by diplomatic immunity in the shooting death of two pakistanis. a higher court could reverse that decision. he says he was acting in self-defense. pakistan accuses him of being a spy. the case has damaged u.s. relations with pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror. free speech was the winner at the supreme court, even if that speech is by most people's measure filled with hatred.

the case involving the small right -- or the right of the small fundamentalist church to protest near the funerals of soldiers killed overseas. our supreme court correspondent and "nightline" anchor, terry moran has the details. >> reporter: their protests are so outrageous and so cruel -- ♪ america >> reporter: that the question for many americans is simple -- how can this be legal? the supreme court answered. speech is powerful, chief justice john roberts wrote in the court's opinion. it can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow and as it did here, inflict great pain. we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. the court held that because the protests deal with public issues -- gays in the military, war in iraq -- they are protected under the constitution. we do not stifle public debate, roberts wrote. >> this is the kind of case that is going to have an influence

for generations. it is the supreme court standing up and giving constitutional protection to extremely unpopular speech. it's really what the first amendment is all about. >> reporter: this ruling was a sharp disappointment to the family of lance corporal math matthew snyder who was killed in iraq and whose funeral was picketed. >> we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. >> reporter: but the westboro protesters do now have a license to continue their activities, which as we found out, they carry on with a reckless glee. ♪ cry and bow your feelings ♪ for your sin no shame ♪ you're going straight to hell on your crazy train ♪ >> reporter: and they gloated. >> shut up all that talk about infliction of emotional distress. when you're standing there with your young child's body, bits and pieces in a coffin, you've

been dealt some emotional distress by the lord your god. >> reporter: only just as samuel alet's to sided with the snyder family declaring that the first amendment is not, quote, a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case. that's the way a lot of americans feel. but it is not the law. terry moran, abc news, new york. >> let's look at your weather for today. it's looking warm and dry across the south, but much chillier in the northeast. expect some snow in the upper midwest and parts of the rockies. in the northwest, snow in the mountains, rain in the lower elevations. >> and those in the south will want to be outside enjoying ideal temperatures in the mid to high 70s. bundle up in the northeast where readings will plunge into the 20s in some areas. it was a big day in duluth, minnesota. i suppose it always is -- >> always a big day. >> it's a happening spot, especially when you get a bunch of high school kids together with a bunch of toothpicks. >> now that is a party. it was the 18th annual toothpick

bridge contest. the kids created their own structures with toothpicks and put them to the test to see how strong they were. >> that's pretty cool. we're told one actually held 150 pounds. it's used as an engineering lesson. well, of course, that's good for them. i remember doing that. it's fun stuff. >> the toothpick -- this is before you were entertained by the ipad. all toothpicks for mike. we'll be back with more "world news now." one four-star hotel. two identical rooms. so why does this one cost so much less on hotwire.com? when hotels have unsold rooms they use hotwire hot rates to fill them, so you get ridiculously low prices, backed by our low price guarantee. orbitz price $174. hotwire hot rate just $95. the same great room, just less than other travel sites. hotwire.com. four-star hotels. two-star prices. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com save big on car rentals too. from $13.95 a day.

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oh, my. no little girl's dream of a fairytale wedding is complete without a tiara. kate middleton is living the dream. that's what it says, living the dream. >> she is. >> she is living the dream. she's a princess. >> getting married and all that.

there's been a lot of talk about the princess-to-be's wedding gown but what about the tiara? here's bee bee yan that. >> reporter: tiara, majestic, romantic, glamorous and oh so royal. historically the centerpiece accessory for a princess on her wedding day, which begs the question, just what will kate middleton's tiara look like? traditionally queen elizabeth ii gives a royal bride a tiara as a wedding gift. with the largest selection of tiara in the world, from what's famously dubed the jewel, there's quite a choice. they are quite literally impossible to value. could it be the french tiara worn by the queen on her wedding day to prince philip? maybe the grand girls of great britain and ireland tiara given to the queen by her grandmother queen mary? or perhaps the durbar tiara loaned to camilla for a state banquet? how much are some worth, that we know? >> well, i think all these

tiara are so valuable in their provenance and who's worn them, princess diana, the queen mother or the queen themselves, they would be priceless and to put them on for sale would be almost impossible. >> reporter: on her wedding day in 1981, princess diana wore the spencer family tiara from her own family vault. having taken diana's engagement ring, would kate also consider wearing her tiara? >> with this ring, i thee wed -- >> reporter: sarah ferguson wore a garland of flowers into westminster abbey on her wedding day, symbolizing a commoner entering the ceremony. >> it's a very clever idea and a romantic one as well. >> reporter: after the vows, the flowers came off to reveal a new tiara commissioned by garrard jewelers, highlighting a new sarah, duchess of york. experts think the queen will give kate an heirloom tiara to wear on her big day. >> given the multitude of

garrard tiara in the royal family possession, it is very likely it will be one that has been carried down over the generations that she would wear. >> reporter: garrard is the oldest jeweler in the world and i went to the hub of it all to check it out. this royal ledger documents purchases made by the royal family, including diana's ring and some of the queen's tiara. >> it's not as elegant as a crown, but this one has kind of a theme of -- >> reporter: stunning. any idea how much this is worth? >> worth? they're all going to be over about 75,000 pounds. >> reporter: which is a lot more in u.s. dollars. >> beautiful. >> reporter: it fits. can i borrow it? >> that would be great. >> you now, bianna looks great. princess-like. i also think you would fit that bill, too, peggy. >> i would try it on. sure. >> look at that. princess bunker. >> oh, my goodness. you guys work fast. i could go for that. is wills available? maybe harry.

>> this is your high school picture, right, a couple years ago, and you were princess for the day. >> that's right. i'm going to go with it. i'm going to say sure enough, that's it. maybe harry's still single. >> i think you look beautiful. >> that's nice of you. thanks, mike. we'll let you know about roseanne barr's huge dispute. it involves a neighbor, a goat and a gun. and we're dropping kim kardashian's jam here and here. e dropping kim kardashian's jam here and here. "the skinny."

♪ skinny so skinny ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ my favorite part of the day. it is that time for "the skinny." boy, we have juicy stuff. charlie sheen, his latest tweet came out moments ago. we have our sheen team on the latest. what is it? >> it says face it, folks, you just feel better when you say it -- winning. there you go. >> everyone at home. >> yeah, kim kardashian, by the way, she's hawking all these products and everything else and now she's singing. listen to her newest and only track. ♪ tonight's going down straight to the front of the line ♪ >> wind blown. >> you're the kim kardashian fan

around here. i was like, really, we have to do this story? listen to the song. >> get this -- i don't think i can listen to it anymore. i love kim kardashian. i think she's a talented woman but i'm not feeling the track. by the way, the same people who did that actually have done a rihanna's -- music stuff with her and also beyonce. apparently they saved all the good stuff for them. >> i know you love her and i hate to step on that, but the reviews are saying it's a dead brain piece of generic dance music. >> and then there's that. moving on to roseanne barr who's currently living on a hawaiian nut farm. >> literally. >> macadamia nut farm. she's having some trouble with her neighbors. apparently her neighbors are not happy roseanne is living there and there's been a lot of confrontation between the two. however, they just killed two of her four goats, as you see pictured. she's very upset about it. she just filed a restraining order against the neighbors who live next to the nut pardon me. >> oh, my gosh. zsa zsa gabor having more medical problems.

of course, she just had an amputation of her leg not too long ago. now she's been rushed back to the hospital on wednesday for blood flow stoppage to her only remaining leg. she's 94 years old. it appears she's having more medical issues. >> i prefer to remember heas beautiful zsa zsa because she is beautiful and very animated, colorful personality. last but not least, guess who's going to dr. drew's rehab facility? he really helps out a lot of celebs with "celebrity rehab." michael lohan is going, lindsay lohan's dad. also the white house -- the salahis -- >> allegedly, allegedly. >> i did not realize they had any kind of addiction problem but we're hearing it's for gambling, not necessarily drugs or alcohol. >> well, you know, lindsay lohan's dad can't stay out of spotlight. apparently lindsay also said recently in an interview that he should, quote, be paying his child support for ally and cody,

talking about ex-wife dina. >> this will be a good season no matter what. he's good, dr. drew. >> you get the headlines, trying to help the people. the whole thing. i still like "love line" better. >> we'll keep you tuned to the charlie sheen tweets. that was just the latest one. we have our sheen team on the source and we'll bring you the very latest when he tweets again. >> winning, geez. very latest when he tweets again. >> winning, geez. [ female announcer ] love the look of freshly colored hair? now you don't have to wait 6 weeks to get it. introducing natural instincts with our first color refresher. get healthy looking, ammonia-free color, then let the new refresher boost your healthy look 2 weeks in. it helps restore color pigments, so you can get a freshly colored look once again. natural instincts. it's all good. now get all the healthy looking color of natural instincts in our new vibrant shades.

here are some stories to watch today on abc news. hearings resume in madison, wisconsin, to determine who has the right to enter the state capital building and when. police tried to restrict access. during pro-union protests. firefighters in florida say it could be days before they contain that huge wildfire. at least 16,000 acres have already burned. and results of a military investigation into a former navy commander's video should be released today. that commander was fired after he showed antigay videos on his

ship. and finally, it was a day of anticipation in san francisco yesterday, here as well, as a lot of people in the tech world waited with baited breath for apple's big announcement. >> here is the old ipad. we were waiting for ipad 2 and whether or not it would be announced, and it was. but the real question is, who would present it? that's what we didn't for sure know. diana alvear join us with details on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. millions of americans are still pretty excited about their original ipad, but they were excited to see what was in store with the ipad 2. apple certainly delivered, especially when it comes to who did the delivering. on march 2nd apple fans got what they wanted. no, not the ipad 2. the man behind the ipad 2. >> we've been working on this product for a while and i just didn't want to miss today. >> reporter: in his first public appearance since announcing he was taking an indefinite leave of absence, steve jobs clearly

relished his role as ring master. he walked the audience through the new ipad. thinner, lighter, faster, with an interactive cover. >> it even automatically instantly wakes up the ipad from sleep when you open it and automatically puts the ipad to sleep when you close it. >> reporter: apple's hoping the new and improved ipad maintains its 90% market share. now the competitors are hot on their heels. with the samsung galaxy and the new zoom tablet by motorola. >> it caught a lot of people off guard in terms of how tablet sales aiding to pc sales. >> reporter: apple shareholders say they're confident their momentum and massive profits will continue, with or without jobs. >> he's got stuff in the works that is so amazing that we haven't even dreamed of, that will keep things going for many, many years. >> reporter: still, they say, they're happy to have him. jobs even happier to be at the helm once again. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: here's the thing -- it might be tough to top the

first ipad. in its first nine months on the market alone, it sold nearly 15 million units and raked in nearly $9 billion in revenue. mike, peggy. >> look at this thing. >> thank you. >> look at this thing. >> thank you. >> they just don't know it's theirs. if you made less than $48,000 in 2010, see if you qualify for the eitc -- the earned income tax credit. some people can get t as much s $5,600 extra back from the irs. it's's so close, you cayon almost touch it. visit www.irs.gov/eitc.

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